passionate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Mediaeval Latin passionatus, pp. of passionare (“‘to be affected with passion’”); see passion.

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adjective

passionate (comparative more passionate, superlative most passionate)

1. Given to strong feeling, sometimes romantic and/or sexual.
2. Fired with intense feeling; ardent, blazing, burning.

[edit] Synonyms

• (fired with intense feeling): ardent, blazing, burning, dithyrambic, fervent, fervid, fiery, flaming, glowing, heated, hot-blooded, hotheaded, impassioned, perfervid, red-hot, scorching, torrid.

[edit] Related terms

• passion
• passive
• passivity
• patience
• patient

[edit] Translations

[edit] External links

• passionate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• passionate in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911